It seems only minutes ago that we were walking through Albert Park in anticipation of what the 2016 season might bring us. Now I look out of my hotel window across the rooftops of Barcelona and we’re four races down already.

It’s been a great start to the season if you’re Nico Rosberg, less so if you’re his team mate. But with 17 more races to go, there’s plenty of time for Lewis to catch up.

He’s back and out brings a tear to the eye to think that this is his first album in 20 years. Little Steven - Springsteen’s right hand man, activist, pioneer of the Jersey Shore sound, actor, producer, writer and without doubt the coolest man on the planet - has finally remembered that he can sing, and boy can he play!

Soulfire is the album, without doubt a contender for album of the year, proper R&B, boisterous, brassy, bold and bloody brilliant. Ride The Night Away was originally recorded by Jimmy Barnes, later featured on Southside Johnny’s album Better Days and now reunited with it’s owner. You’ll be hooked after the first listen, horns meet classic rock and roll guitars and the result is truly outstanding.

There has been plenty of comment as I’m sure you’d expect. Lots of finger pointing including, of course, that tweet from the official Ferrari account even before the race had finished. The tweet was taken down shortly after the chequered flag, which was probably a sensible idea given that the Stewards decided that none of the three drivers involved were ‘wholly or predominantly to blame.’ Which means they saw it as a racing incident and on the face of it that was probably the right decision. After all, the biggest punishment for both team and Championship challenger alike, was the fact that as a result of the collisions, they left Singapore with 0 points to show for their efforts.

Don’t forget that this was a race Ferrari had expected to do well in. To hit back at Mercedes straight away, after the hiding that was dished out to them in their own back yard a fortnight ago. And after taking pole position, four corners and a few hundred metres into the race, both cars were out and Vettel’s aspirations of a 5th world title were in danger of being washed away in a Singapore downpour.

So, apologies for the delay in this week’s blog but I’ve travelled on to Bali and the stunning Karma Kandara, for a few days of much needed rest and relaxation. I make no apologies for the holiday pics, the sight of monkeys running around outside my room first thing this morning brought a smile to my face and I wanted to share the view with you all. It’s not bad is it?

The delay though has given me a bit of time to have a think about what happened in Singapore and a chance to watch the start again. More on that in a minute. Lots of fans have tweeted and asked what I thought of it all? So here goes.

I’m still not quite sure what the hell Seb was doing veering over to the left as much as he did? Risking getting involved in an incident that could seriously affect his race. Lewis Hamilton speculated that Verstappen could have been in Seb’s blind spot, which is possible, certainly. But with conditions as they were, a little bit of caution might have the better way forward and for Seb he had more to lose than gain by moving so aggressively across the front of the Red Bull.

I must confess that I didn’t write a letter to Santa this year, just didn’t get the time. But it has to be said that the big man came up trumps over the Christmas period with tickets to Villa away, Southampton and Liverpool at home and then Wolves in the cup as well. Four games on the trot, something of a rarity for me these days and impossible once the F1 season gets underway on March 20th.

So thank you Santa, what a pressie and a proper away day trip in the mix as well, although for long periods at Villa and the first half against Southampton it didn’t seem like much of a present. But then Slav made the changes and brought on Lanzini and Carroll, and the rest as they say, is history.